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R

y

l Commentaries.

BooK

VI.

and

ar

lue

emenc

of

ha

ouncrey,

ha 'mg

een

ne of

t

\ .i

D on Pedro de A

J:

a,-.1

o,

and ngag d .'

Hh

hir:n in . the

nque

t

e m-

ire

:

the ne

f

h1

death

being

ome

mco

p.1

n,

h1

roe

r

ga\

e a

a(

f

the

manner

of it

t

d

e m

rour

h.1

I

J

t

.e

ifch ,

and th

r

he

d ·

ion

r1ar

i..

ildren

a

on

.and

a

aughter, who

were

oor

an

ituce.

/

r

the

fl: ate \ b

1

h t eir ather had

from

the fe

ic

v

f

Jn

i.uu

en e "ich}/

deach : in confideration of \:

hi h

hi

.

a1efiy

gratioully on

fl rr

d for

a

ti

0

c

he

.l

gl ter the um of n 'el e thou and ducats of

Caj/tle,

and et ed u n

th

n

G11(par

Centeno,

who \\'

a

hool-fellow of mine, an Elbue of

fi

ur

choufand

ie

.

f

jghc of ) earl y r nt, co

be

aid out of his Majefiy's Ro} al Treafure

in

the

icy

of

Place.

I a e h ard chat rhi Efiace \\a made an

inhe

i

an e

for

~t

I. kn \ ' n

t

how to believe it ,

~ca~fe

I did n

r hear that any

(lace

of

m ernan e was ever charge on the Kings Treafury but for

ne Life or two ac

fi.

me

fe\

month

after the death of

Centeno,

L icenciado

ar

;

rl

came

alf<

r

n unfortun:ite end in

COU"O

,

as '' e

ha

e hinted befc re,

by

a

l

IJ

from a

hi

Win ow· for

without

any

re

~et

to his

ffice,

as Judge, they

cut

rhe

rds

of

the Ladder

by

hich he

came

up,

and

went dm n. Many

ocher

men died

an<rl

came

co unfortunate ends in

divers

Ciri of

Peru

,

by

\Vhi

h Land and

:

Hares

0\

er

IndiAns

became

oid, and places mad

fc

r

ocher

Pretend r ,

by

which

the

l

r fident had pportunity co gratifie many who

·ere aggrie ed

to

have~

left out of the lafi Divifton : but men were not fatisfied herewith, but a di con–

t ~n ted

and complaining as before, as

will

appear by what fo llows ;

~

r every man

fanfie

char his ervice

merited

the \ hole

mpire

of

Per11.

in the mean

time, whilfi thefe

violent

eaths and Mi forrnn

ha

pened

in the

City

of Jace and in

Coz..co,

the

Prefident

Gafca

\\.ras

imenc

ro the repairs of

the

icy of

Los

Reye1,

and to ereet a new

ourt of

hancery

there

\.\

hich

c n–

cinu s

t0

th1 day. He a]fo contrived

v.

ay co people the

ity of

Peace.

As

1Cgo

Hern1inde~

PAlentino

declares

in

the fecond Book of

c

e firfi:

Parr of his Hi–

fior y, in th fe

words

:

on 'ferommo de Lua {a

(

fays

he)

as difpatched

away \\

ich chis Leuer,

;vhich

he wa

t

arry ro the

icy of

Couo

·

and was that which che Prefident

\Hore

t

ti

oui

i

r who were left out of the difhibution and

had

no

Efiace

allotted

to them as efore

mentioned ,

hich cau ed

reat dillurbances, a that of

Pr.in–

cifco

H ern

nde~,

\.Vhofe

rebellion proceeded

from

char caufe alone.

The

r

f

idenc

Ga/ca

deparred from

Guanarima,

and went

to

the

icy

of

LoJ

R

u;

and in his

journ

y

he g e a

Cornmi.ffion

to

Alonfo Mendo;a

to

be

Go emour

f

che Ne

Col ny \ hich wa founded

in

h11quiabo

,

and alled our Lady of eace · whidi

name

was

i

ven co

it

by the Prefidenc , becaufe

it

was founded

in

d e

time

f

eace , after {( much War '' hich bad haraffed that Councrey ; and becaufe

it

is

rhe middle ''

1

ay

bee

een

A req1upa

and the

Ch1trctt.1,

whi h are a hundred and feven–

ty

league dill.ant from each ocher · and

is

alfo the mid-\\

ay

b tween

Cw·'~io

and

the

Charc~u,

being

in

like

manner

a hundred

and

fe ency

leagues ,

and

being

he r d

ben

een

f

uch

oofiderable

ities,

it

was

conceived

nee ffary to have

icy

ounded there, for the con enience of

Tra

ellers, and co prevent Robbe–

ries and

iolences which "ere committed in cho

e

pares.

And ha

1

ing

ordered

all

thing

in

th· manner, he proceeded

in

his

journey

to

LoJ

Reyu

and made his En–

uy

into chat City on the fe enteenth day of

Sepum6er ,

b ing there recei ·ed

ith

all che

fignal

dernoafiration

of

joy

chat

could be expreffed with

on

and

Dan–

ces,

afi and Revel . The Pre 1dent entered \.\ ith ch

yal

eal befo

e

him ,

to

fignifie his

intention

co ere

a

ourc

of Chancery

in

chat

it .

he

1

and the

refident had a rich Canopy over them · che Seal ' ·a

n the

1

i

ht hand

in

lofed

jo a rich Cafe and carried on a white Horfe o

ed \\ ich a

t~d

th

of THfue c

the

ery'

ground , and

which

was lead b} the

in

Lorm f o

dt

Alt:lm~i

the Chief u!Hce and the

uJe of the

refidenc wa

lead }

7eronimf)

ii

a

the Mayor

f

the

ity.

Lorertfo de A ldan

and the cher

ffi c

.\"

~re

u

the

ticks

of the

ano

y

\\ere

c

ached with Garment of In arnauon

rem,

an " ' nt

bar -head d.

he Guards \\ ho were appointed t :mend rhe

I

and

refident

had

Li

eri

fio

ed on

them

at the coll:

tht

1c} ;

h d 11

n er and A o

loath and pr perti

gi en c:hem of ilk _ ich

i \

s co-

lou .

nd

the

ers came

fi

re m their e\ eraJ

rd

re e em

,

t

_c

a

nd

pnn

1

l P

e of

Peru ;

'ery one

repeating a

i

l

l1

OJ

JO

e

fi

hey

of their eop e tow

rd

the m

our.